Shingle



Aug 28, 1934- K. s. GUITERMAN SHINGLE Filed Feb. 17, 1933 INVENT OR Kraut/71 5. 6111/0104 Pi V W a ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 28, 1934 SHINGLE .Kenneth s. Guiterman, Hewlett, Long Island, N Y

Application February 17, 1933, Serial No. 657,192

Claims. (01. 10817) in various ways and lend themselves very well to laying in the manner of ordinary wooden shingles.

The invention also consists in certain new and original features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed. Although the novel features which are believed to be characteristic of this invention will be 'par- 'ticularly pointed out in the claims .fiDPflded hereto, the invention itself, as to its objects and advantages, and the manner in which it may be carried out, may be better understood by referring to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective of one form of shingle; Fig. 2 is a section through a roof covered with the shingles shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. -3 is a perspective of the roof of Fig. 2; Figs. 4, 5 and 6 illustrate modified forms of 80 shingle; and.

. Fig. 7 illustrates a hip shingle in fiat form. In the following description and in-the claims, various details will be identified by specific names for convenience, but they are-intended to be as.

86 generic mit.

Like reference characters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the drawing accompanying and forming in their application as the art will per.-

40 part of this specification, certain specific dlsclosure of the invention is made for purposes of explanation, 'but it will be understood that the details may be modified in various respects without departure from the broad aspect of the inven tion.

Referring now to the drawing, and more particularly to Fig.1, the shingle comprises a fiat rectangular body 10 having a free upper edge 11 and free side edges 12 and having its lower edge turned up and doubled back on itself providing an upstanding flange-like member,1 3.

The shingle may be made of suitable sheet material, such as sheet metal. Copper or aluminum sheet material lends itself very well in the manu- 6 fracture of shingles according to the invention.

The metal should be of the proper gauge or thickness and have suificient ductility to permit bending the lower edge to the shape desired .and yet having sufiicient resistance to bending to cause the lower edge to hold its shape.

If desired, nail holes 14 may be provided or these holes may be omitted, in which case the shingle will be punctured by the roofer by forcing the fastening nails through the body.

While these shingles may be of any desired length and width and may have any desired proportions, the size andproportions of ordinary wooden shingles is preferred. These shingles may be laid in any desired way, but they lend themselves to laying in a manner similar to the ordinary wooden shingle.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, the roof or other surface to be shingled is indicated in general by 15. These shingles will be laid from the bottom in the usual way the first course of, complete shingles being indicated by A. It will be understood that a'flashing or layer of cut shingles will be laid first along the lower edge of the roof to provide protection under the spaces between the shingles of the first row, as will be understood so by those skilled in the art;

The shingles of row A are applied in the ordinary manner, copper nails being preferably usedin the case of copper shingles and being inserted through the holes 14 and driven into the supporting surface. The shingles in the same row may be placed in close contact or they may be spaced as shownto provide an effect similar to the ordinary wooden shingle.

The next row of shingles, indicated by B, is then superimposed on the row A with the spaces between shingles preferably staggered with respect-to the spaces between shingles of the row A. Then the third row C may be laid in a similar manner with "the spaces between the shingles in this row staggered with respect to the spaces in row 3, but directly above the spaces in row A, and so on.

An'y desired overlap between the several rows may be used. In the form shown, the overlap is approximately two-thirds which provides a triple layer of metal over the entire shingled surface. a

Instead of using the form shown in Fig. 1; the form shown inFig. 4 with a lower upturned edge 16 of a single thickness may be used. As a further modified fornifthe lower edge may be of adouble thickness, but formed V-shape, as indicated at 17 in Fig. 5. As a further form, the lower edge 1 shingle lying flat when it is applied to the surface to be covered.

Fig. 6 is used to illustrate this crown from top to bottom, the crown being exaggerated for the purposeof illustration and being compared to the straight dot and dash line 19.

There are a number of important advantages derived from shingles formed as described above. In the first place, the lower upturned flange provides lateral stiffness against bending. The lower upturned flanges on a shingled roof acts to hold snow in position thereby preventing an avalanche of snow from sliding down the roof and injuring persons underneath.

Furthermore, the provision ofthe upstanding flanges on the lower edges of the shingles assist in breaking up the water flow in a hard rain, decreasing materially the wash of the water at the lower edge of the roof which would be obtained in a hard rain on a plain uninterrupted roof.

Furthermore,- these shingles are easy to lay and may be laid in the same manner as wooden shingles. They provide an absolutely watertight covering and if made of durable metal, such as copper, will last indefinitely. The slight crown in the body of the shingle insures the shingle lying flat when applied to the roof.

In addition, a roof covered with the present shingles has a most pleasing and attractive effeet. The upturned lower edges, which are turned up an amount approximating the thickness of the lower edge of an ordinary wooden shingle, gives a roof covered with the present shingles an appearance not unlike the ordinary wooden shingled roof. The amount of upturn may be equal to, greater than, or less than the thickness of a corresponding wooden shingle. The relief and shadow effect caused by the upturned flanges on the lower edges of the shingles gives an illusion of thickness especially in the case of a roof covered by such shingles when viewed from below. The efiect of a roof laid with the present shingles is much more pleasing than a roof laid with ordinary flat sheet metal shingles.

Furthermore, the lower upstanding flanges on the shingles provide convenient abutments against which workmen may rest their feet while working on the roof. These abutments will be convenient either when inspecting or repairing a finished roof or when laying the shingles. In the latter case the abutments of the shingles already laid will be useful in assisting to support the workmen in laying the succeeding upper rows of shingles.

In addition, the upstanding flanges of the shinglesact as heat dissipating fins. The wind and currents of air moving over the surface of 'the roof will act to carry away heat from the roof by convection so that the roof will have a somewhat lower temperature.

Referring now to Fig. 7, a hip shingle is shown for a sloping hip formed by two intersecting, fiat roof surfaces. In theform shown, the shingle is fiat, all parts lying in the same plane.

The shingle comprises body parts 30 and 31 having upper free edges 39 and 40, side free edges 37 and 38 and flanges 33 and 34 at their lower edges. The flanges 33 and 34 are adapted to be bent upwardly about the dot and dash lines 35 and 36 to correspond to the shingle shown in tween edges 39 and 40 and between edges 35 and '36 will be determined by the slope of each roof surface and by the angle the root surfaces make with each other. When in place, it is preferred that the top and bottom edges 39, 40, 35, 36 shall be horizontal. Furthermore, it will be understood that the parts 30 and 31 will be lined up with the adjoining plain shingles, above described, to fit the hip shingle into the corresponding courses of plain shingles.

While certain novel features of the invention have been disclosed and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it will be understood that various omissions, substitutions and changes may be made by those skilled in the art-without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a shingled surface, a plurality of courses of shingles, each shingle in each course comprising a substantially flat, generally rectangular, sheet metal body having its lower weather edge turned up to provide a flange of substantial height, the shingles in each course being laid 'side by side with the lower flanges adjacent one another,; each upper course overlying the next lower course, the spaces between the shingles in each course being staggered with respect to the spaces between shingles in the courses next above and below, said flanges and the butt ends of the shingle bodies being exposed to the weather, the side edges and upper edge of each shingle lying in substantially the same plane as the body of the shingle.

2. In a shingled surface, a plurality of courses of shingles, each shingle in each course being made of thin sheet metal of a thickness substantially invisible from a distance, said shingles each having a substantially rectangular body having the lower weather edge turned up to provide a flange of suflicient height to impart an appearance of thickness to the shingle, the

shingles in each course being laid side by side with the lower flanges adjacent one another, each upper course overlying the next lower course, the spaces between theshingles in each course being staggered with respect to the spaces between shingles in the courses next above and below, said shingles being fastened to the supporting surface at their underlying parts only, said flanges and butt ends of the shingle bodies being exposed to the weather, the side edges and upper edge of each shingle lying in substantially the same plane as the body of the shingle.

3. In a-shingled surface, a plurality of courses of shingles, each shinglein each course being made of thin sheet metal of athickness substantially invisible from a distance, said shingles having substantially rectangular bodies with free upper and side edgesand having the lower weather edge bent upwardly and then downwardly to provide an'upstanding inverted V-flange of sufficient height to impart an appearance of thickness to the shingle, the shingles in each course being laid side by side with the lower flanges in line, each upper course over lying the next lower course, the spaces between the shingles in each course being sta ered with respect to the spaces between shingles in the courses next above and below, said shingles being fastened to the supporting surface at their upper parts only, said flanges and butt ends of the shingle bodies being exposed to the weather.

4. In a shingled surface, a plurality of courses of shingles, each shingle in each course being made of thin sheet metal of a thickness substantially invisible from a distance, said shingles having substantially rectangular bodies with free upper and side edges and having the lower weather edge bent upwardly and bent downwardly to provide an upstanding flange ofdouble thickness and of sufficient height to impart an appearance of thickness to the shingle, the shingles in each course being laid side by side with the lower flanges in line, each upper course overlying the next lower course, the spaces between the shingles in each course being staggered withrespect to the spaces between shingles in the courses next above and below, said shingles being fastened to the supporting surface attheir upper parts only, said flanges and butt ends of the shingle bodies being exposed to the weather.

5. In a shingled surface, a plurality of courses of shingles, each shingle in each course being made of thin sheet metal of a thickness substantially invisible from a/distance, said'shingles having substantially rectangular bodies with free upper and side edges and having the lowerweather edge bent in the form of a roll to'-provide an upstanding flange of sufllcient height to impart an appearance of thickness to the shingle, the shingles in each course being laid side by side with the lower flanges in line, eachupper course overlying the next lowercourse, the spaces between'the shingles in each course'being staggered with respect to the spaces between shingles J in the courses next above and below, said shingles being fastened to the supporting-surface at their upper parts only, said flanges and butt ends of the shingle bodies being exposed to the weather. 

